licht.wissen No. 09 “Refurbishment in Trade, Commerce and Administration“
An extensive survey of offices, workshops and school classrooms shows that lots of lighting installations are obsolete. licht.wissen 09 informs that refurbishment sustainably lowers energy consumption, saves costs and makes for a significant improvement in lighting quality. This booklet from licht.de contains impartial advice for consultations with commercial clients. It also flags up web tools for assessing lighting installations and making design recommendations. Free Download at www.licht.de/en
An extensive survey of offices, workshops and school classrooms shows that lots of lighting installations are obsolete. licht.wissen 09 informs that refurbishment sustainably lowers energy consumption, saves costs and
makes for a significant improvement in lighting quality.
This booklet from licht.de contains impartial advice for consultations with commercial clients. It also flags up web tools for assessing lighting installations and making design recommendations. Free Download at www.licht.de/en
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dance with DIN V 18599, Part 4 and
approved before any construction work
commences.
Lighting management is the key to
greater efficiency
Many old lighting installations will no longer
satisfy the new requirements. This is a
major source of potential savings: the older
an installation is, the greater the savings
possible (see chart on page 10).
Intelligently designed lighting concepts
enhance both lighting quality and energy
efficiency. The following are factors for
success:
Quality luminaires with high light output
ratios and optimised optical control,
efficient light sources with high luminous
efficacy ratings, such as LEDs,
modern electronic operating devices and
control gear,
lighting concepts with different switching
groups that can be individually and separately
dimmed and controlled,
lighting management systems that take
account of daylight and whether rooms
are occupied.
The only way an operator can harness all
the advantages offered by modern light
sources, luminaires and operating devices
is with electronic control. Presence detectors,
for instance, ensure that luminaires are
automatically deactivated as long as no
light is needed. Even greater efficiency is
achieved by utilising natural daylight: a new
lighting system with daylight and presence
control saves as much as 80 percent of the
energy and electricity costs generated by
an old installation.
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